What about six goals in 20 playoff games last year? That's a fairly large stretch of games, tighter games, in which he scored at a ~25 goal pace. The guy can score. He's beyond young. I have no doubt that cries for trading him now would turn into "how could they trade a 20 year old?" when he turns into a beastly player. Four games is four games in which Crosby has zero goals, Malkin has one goal, Satan has one goal, etc. Staal missed an open net on a play in which he attempted to kick the puck to his stick and ran out of room. That's something a fully developed player might pull off.... a still raw 20 year old might not always do it.

Henry Hank wrote:What about six goals in 20 playoff games last year? That's a fairly large stretch of games, tighter games, in which he scored at a ~25 goal pace. The guy can score. He's beyond young. I have no doubt that cries for trading him now would turn into "how could they trade a 20 year old?" when he turns into a beastly player. Four games is four games in which Crosby has zero goals, Malkin has one goal, Satan has one goal, etc. Staal missed an open net on a play in which he attempted to kick the puck to his stick and ran out of room. That's something a fully developed player might pull off.... a still raw 20 year old might not always do it.